Connector Optics purchases Riber MBE machine
Russian company LLC Connector Optics has purchased a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) machine from Riber to help in the development of III-V semiconductor-based nanostructures.
The firm hopes to use the device to further its research into the development of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers and photodetectors for optical data communications.
Connector Optics stated that Riber's MBE49 machine is perfect for the job, as it is the most adapted system to the production of highly demanding nitride-based optical components.
"We were impressed by the performance of the Riber MBE machines and by the quality of the optical device structures obtained using the MBE49," commented Leonid Karachinsky, chief executive officer of Connector Optics.
Riber developed its first MBE machine in 1978 and has been at the forefront of MBE technology ever since. It stated that MBE materials are crucial to the development of compound semiconductors, such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide.
